{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Jury citation",
  "text": "In section 85 (juries: citation and attendance of jurors) of the 1995 Act, after subsection (4) there is inserted—\n“(4A) Citation of a juror may also be effected by an electronic citation which is sent—\n(a) by or on behalf of the sheriff clerk; and\n(b) by means of electronic communication,\nto the home or business email address of the juror.\n(4B) Citation under subsection (4A) above is a legal citation if the sheriff clerk possesses a legible version of an electronic communication which—\n(a) is signed by electronic signature by the person who signed the citation;\n(b) includes the citation; and\n(c) bears to have been sent to the home or business email address of the juror being cited.\n(4C) In subsection (4A) above, an “electronic citation” is a citation in electronic form which—\n(a) is capable of being kept in legible form; and\n(b) is signed by electronic signature by or on behalf of the sheriff clerk.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 29 in force at 1.11.2012 by S.S.I. 2012/274, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/6/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:00.103957+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}